Harness connector for looms



- w. H. BAHAN HARNESS CONNECTOR FOR LOOMS April 11, 1939.

Filed Nov. 3, 1937 w L? x WILLIAM H. BAHHN amen tom Patented Apr. 11, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,154,119 HARNESS CONNECTOR roe. LOOMS William H. Bahan, Greenville, S. C. Application November 3, 1937, Serial No. 172,498 ,2 Claims. (01. 24-163) This invention relates to a connecting means P ys l2 t tab y te t y 0118 for adjustably securing the heddle frames of a of which is shown, upon which cord l3 is adapted loom to the raising and lowering mechanism. It to rest. The upper end of cord l3 is linked to a is a well known fact in the textile trade that the suitable ring and this ring, in turn, is linked 5 heddle frames of looms are raised and lowered to a bar Hi. The bar l5 has the right hand end 5 during the weaving operation at a very rapid thereof linked to another ring it, which ring is rate. This raising and lowering is necessary in connected to a link ll and said link l'l being order that the warp thread, which is carried by apted to fit in one of several notches l8 in the frames will be divided to properly form a dobby arm l9.

l0 shed throughwhich a shuttle is thrown back and The lower end of cord l3 has a suitable eyelet 10 forth. If the frames are not adjusted to the 25 thereon to which the upper end of strap 26 is proper elevation the shed will not be properly secured. The intermediate portion of the strap formed, and consequently, the shuttle will often 26 is adapted to be clamped by a connector assemengage and break some of the warp threads as it bly comprising members 21 and All in the desired passes through the shed. Also the changes of position. The member 2'! has a hook 28 on the 15 climatic conditions in the mill affect the length lower end thereof for normally engaging eyelet of the connecting members between the frames 29 said eyelet being threadably secured in the and the raising and lowering means thereby neupper rail 39 of the heddle frame 3i. During the cessitating frequent adjustments so as to keep p on of t e 00 the d y arm l9 p the frames at the proper elevation. cates back and forth therebyraising and lower- 20 It is, therefore, an object of this invention to ing the heddle frame 3i together with the warp provide a harness connector for looms which threads associated therewith. The connector can affords an easy and quick adjustment of the also be used on a plain loom as well as a dobby height to which the heddle frames are raised. arm. The other side of the loom has other The present invention comprises a buckle which pulleys I2 and other straps I3 for supporting the 25 is adapted to clamp a flexible strap member said other ends of the heddle frames. buckle having its lower end connected to the top In order to provide means whereby the height of the heddle frame and said strap having its of the heddle frame 3| may be adjusted quickly upper end secured to the raising and lowering with or without detaching the heddle frame from 30 means for the heddle frame. This buckle prothe hook portion 28, it is necessary to provide a vides. the means whereby the strap may be quickly specially constructed buckle. The upper portion and easily adjusted therein without detaching of the member 2! is bent so as to form a trianguthe heddle frame from the buckle or the strap lar head having sides 32, 33 and 34. The top side from the raising and lowering means. 34 is offset from the sides 32 and 33, that is, it 3 Some of the objects of the invention having up s a different plane from the plane in 35 been stated, other objects will appear as the dewhich the sides 32 and 33 occupy. This offset scription proceeds: when taken into consideration side 34 is used as a bearing surface against which with the accompanying drawing, in which. one side of the strap member 26 is pressed when Figure l is an elevation of the portion of aloom the parts are in a buckled or clamped position,

showing my invention applied thereto; as shown in Figures 1 and 2. It will be noted, 40

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional View wever, that eac e d o the top side 34 bends taken along the line 2-2 in Figure 1; back into the plane occupied by the sides 32 and Figure 3 is an exploded isometric View of the 33, thereby forming bearing portions 34a and buckle; 34b which accommodate the crotches 38 and 39 Figure 4 is a view of the parts shown in. Figure of the V-shaped end portions 4i and 42 of clamp 45 3, but also showing the position of the parts of G0. The clamp 40 is formed from one continuous the buckle as they appear when a strap is first bar and the ends of these parallel V-shaped end inserted therein; portions M and 42 are joined together by two Figure 5 is a view of my improved buckle showparallel bars 43 and id which in turn are disposed ing the same when being used with a slightly approximately at right angles to the V-shaped 50 different type of strap for raising and lowering a portions. These bars 43 and 44 have roughened heddle frame. surfaces 43a and Mia, which engage the opposite Referring more specifically to the drawing, the side of the strap 26 from that engaged by the side numeral 10 denotes an arch of a loom upon which 34 of the member 21 when the strap is in clamped is mounted a bracket II. This bracket has position. 55

When it is desired to adjust the strap 26, the parts are placed in the position as shown in Figure 4, at which time the strap can be easily adjusted, relative to the clamp 40 of the member 21. After the strap has been properly positioned, the clamp 40 is turned through an angle of substantially degrees to the position shown in Figure 2 at which time the strap is tightly clamped between the side 34 and the roughened surfaces 43a and 44a of the parallel bars 43 and 44 respectively. This is accomplished by moving the hook 28 in a counterclockwise manner in Figure 4.

Figure 5 shows a slightly modified form of the invention in which my improved buckle is shown associated with an elongated strap 50. This strap has an eyelet 5i secured to the upper end thereof which is adapted to be linked to ring [6 when in an installed position on the loom. Also at this time, the lower end of the buckle will fit into the eyelet 29 of heddle frame 3| substantially in the same manner as shown in the preceding form. By using this elongated strap, the cord l3 as well as the parts 14 and I5 may be dispensed with. Of course, the upper portion of this strap, when used, must be turned through a quarter turn in order that the flat side thereof will rest on the top of the pulley l2, but at the same time allow the lower side thereof along with its associated buckle 2! to have its flat side lying in the same plane as the heddle frame 3|.

It is, therefore, seen that I have provided a harness connecting means whereby the height of a heddle frame may be easily and quickly adjusted without detaching the flexible strap from the raising and lowering means or the buckle from the heddle frame.

In the drawing and specification, there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for the purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A harness connector and strap for supporting the heddle frames of looms comprising a weblike strap, a buckle member having V-shaped ends on each end thereof, spaced members connecting the legs of one V-shaped end with the legs of the other V-shaped end, and a member having a loop on one end provided with a cam portion and a hook portion on the other, the apices of the V-shaped ends being adapted to rest in said loop on each side of the cam portion, and said web member being passed between the cam portion and the members joining the legs of the V-shaped ends together, 'so that when the member having the cam portion is rotated relative to the buckle member having V-shaped ends, the cam portion will push the web member past a straight line passing from one spaced member to the other spaced member.

2. A harness connector comprising a substantially rectangular member having opposed sides bent to substantially V-shape, a second member having an eye on its upper end substantially wider than the first member and through which the first member is adapted to be passed so that the loop member will rest in the apices of the V- shaped sides of the first member, the looped portion of the second member having an off-set portion so that when the two members are rotated relative to each other the off-set portion will move closer to the straight side portions of the first member to clamp a strap passed between the oiT-set portion and the straight side portions of the first member, said second member having a hook on its other end adapted to engage a heddle frame.

WILLIAM H. BAHAN. 

